Future Classic: Tall Black Guy / Common Sense “I Used To Love H.E.R”
2011 has been a great year for Tall Black Guy, one of our favorite discoveries of the year. But we aren’t alone, he’s had some of his tracks played from everyone like Gilles Peterson, Lefto, Lexis (yes, I like to put my name in next to Gilles as often as …
Future Classic: Doomtree “No Kings”
I like Doomtree because they’re doing their own thing. But let’s describe just a little bit what they are for those who don’t know them. Doomtree are a DIY hiphop collective from Minneapolis, Minnesota formed of seven members (the most well known being P.O.S.). Most music press describe them as …
Future Classic: Black Star “You Already Knew” (Produced by Oh No)
“Coming just a day after the release of “Fix Up” produced by Madlib, Black Star gives us “You Already Knew,” produced by Oh No. This is the first song off Black Star Aretha, the group’s tribute to the legendary singer, Aretha Franklin.” Is this track enough to really get excited about the return …
Forgotten Treasure: Dj Vadim “Your Revolution” feat. Sarah Jones (1999)
I’m playing with one of my heroes next weekend (event details here), none other than Dj Vadim one of my favorite producers and DJs for the past 10 years. The man has been so prolific and is constantly pushing his sound in new directions. I’m going to do a few …
MF DOOM : Red Bull Music Academy Lecture (Madrid 2011)
Doom just played his first show in Madrid, Spain where he stopped into the Red Bull Music Academy for a video interview with Chairman Mao. Video courtesy of RBMA. Lecture: DOOM (Madrid 2011) from Red Bull Music Academy on Vimeo.
J Dilla “Gone too soon” – Presented by Benji B (BBC, 1xtra)
As part of the Gone Too Soon series, Benji B presents this 1Xtra story celebrating the incredible music J Dilla created during his lifetime which includes tracks for Janet Jackson, Busta Rhymes, Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, The Pharcyde and De La Soul to name but a few. Through interviews …
J Rocc – “Stay Fresh” 12″ EP
J. Rocc just dropped this EP to follow up his album Some Cold Rock Stuf. The record features extended/alternative versions of a couple of the best tracks on the album, and a couple new ones. Cover art by Gustavo Eandi. Check the video for “Stay Fresh”, filmed by Mayer Hawthorne …
Future Classic: Declaime “Self-Study”
Had to find a way to share this with you all because this was one of the last tracks I sadly had to cut from my MIMS Show #51. Such a beautiful track… Taken from the new Studio album from West Coast hip hop artist Declaime also known as Dudley …
Future Classic: Gonjasufi & Blu “Eatfish”
Wow, this literally made my day. Actually, I screamed out when I saw this. Gonjasufi is realesing a new EP titled The Ninth Inning on October 24th (in a few days !) and its gonna be a free EP! I have my little story with Gonjasufi: yesterday I released the teaser of …
Future Classic: Kendrick Lamar “Rigamortis”
Whenever I hear so much hype about an artist I usually take a bit of time and let some time pass before I sit down and listen to it. I finally gave Kendrick Lamar a shot this week and listened to his record called “Section 80” a couple times. I …
Future Classic: Godlee Barnes (Blu) “The Norman Rockwell Beat Tape”
Ever since he hit the scene in the mid 2000’s, west coast MC Blu always been a really prolific artist. Bouncing from solo projects, to collaborations like Johnson & Jonson, Blu & Sene and C.R.A.C Knuckles. In 2011, he’s already put out 4 projects! That’s pretty much unheard of. It’s …
Nas “Nasty” (Video)
Oh man, I was about to be seriously depressed by this new Nas video. One minute in I was about to turn it off and bitch about it on but then the video starts making its point as the redux anti-bling version of 1999’s “Hate me now”, one Nasty Nas’ …